![]() I’ll be releasing a separate episode with a book update, plus a sneak peek into the book’s acknowledgments because I really want to thank everyone, not just in the book, but also in the podcast, so check your podcast app and the show notes for that link. I’m your host, Emily Prokop, and this is The Story Behind the Printing Press. While those books were most likely printed using modern-day printers, there wouldn’t even have been widespread use of books without today’s topic in the first place. This topic seemed almost too easy to cover, since the invention was something I think we all remember learning about in grammar school.īut, as per usual with this podcast and the book, whenever I dig a little deeper, I always find out new information that wasn’t in my history books. In the spirit of that, I’ll be doing a few episodes revolving around books. Other publications, such as the regional edition of the New York Times, will continue printing at the Statesman's presses through the end of existing contracts.Ī final date for printing at the current location has not been set.If you’re listening to this episode when it comes out, you may know that The Story Behind book will be released on Monday, October 15th. Hearst's Houston and San Antonio facilities will begin printing the Statesman in June. Regardless of who's printing the paper, the publisher says that commitment to journalism doesn't change. ![]() Just last year, the Statesman was named Texas' newspaper of the year. "In fact, I think that this move positions us better to be able to sustain that for a longer period of time than we might have otherwise,” Ellwood said. The paper says there will be an increased emphasis on its digital product, but adds it has no plans to stop printing the paper editions altogether. “In this town, you're going to miss sports results." "Almost immediately you're going to have earlier deadlines, which means you're going to miss news,” Cash said. "I think ouch,” Wanda Cash, University of Texas’ associate director of journalism, said.Ĭash worked in the newspaper business for almost 30 years. ![]() More importantly, what does the change mean for quality? The property is not for sale,” Ellwood said. I can tell you right now … the business is not for sale. The Statesman says it has no plans of moving for now. “Not only with being waterfront, but also being directly next to some of the best locations, the most expensive." "It's probably one of the most valuable pieces of property in Austin,” Jared West with Team West Real Estate said. “People have been here for upward of 40 years, so that's a tough, tough message and a really sad day for us,” Ellwood said.īy stopping the presses, that also leaves a big chunk of prime, riverfront property vacant. The move means about 100 people will lose their jobs. Hearst will print the Statesman in the same facilities that already put out the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News. "We're asking ourselves ‘Should we print or should we be printed?’” Susie Ellwood, the Austin American-Statesman publisher, said.īeginning this summer, the Statesman will outsource its printing to Hearst Corp. The papers that fly through the Austin American-Statesman's printing press will soon be a thing of the past.
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